by James Whitely - SGN Contributing Writer

A recently released police report details another case of homophobic graffiti in West Seattle. The case is strikingly similar to previous incidents in the neighborhood, where a suspect was arrested and released last May.

On September 10, at approx 2:30 p.m., a woman reported to the Seattle Police Department (SPD) that she had seen three pieces of rather disturbing homophobic and anti-police graffiti as she was walking by a business in the 7300 block of Fauntleroy Way Southwest in West Seattle.

The homophobic messages were written with black tag marker on the business' sign, a bench, and inside a nearby portable toilet. Both the sign and bench read, "Fags Rape Kids," and inside the portable toilet was "Fuck SPD, Seattle Pedafile [sic] Defenders" and "Where is the highest concentration of sex offenders on the planet? The Castro District San Fran Sissy. Fags Rape Kids."

"In May 2009, there were similar incidents in which the same or similar homophobic phrases were written in black marker at several locations in West Seattle," investigating officer Adonis Topacio wrote in his report.

A 31-year-old male was identified as the suspect and arrested that May. Charged in Seattle Municipal Court with six counts of property destruction-graffiti, he plead not guilty. The case was dismissed without prejudice in early summer and he was released June 12 from King County Jail.

The man is listed as a suspect in the most recent police investigation, but he has not been arrested or charged, records show. A media spokesman for the SPD said that the case was documented, but there is not enough evidence to arrest a suspect at this time.

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